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Souvenir

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Souvenir

Released Mar 2, 2018

1h 30m

Romance

Drama

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A former European song contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young, aspiring boxer. Together, they decide she should attempt a comeback.

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Critics Consensus

Souvenir flickers intermittently to life thanks to the reliably great Isabelle Huppert, but ultimately proves too wan and predictable to recommend.

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J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Huppert proves the old adage that acting is reacting, and she can do wonderful things with a line like "My father thinks you're great-and that bugs my mother."

Mar 10, 2020

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Danielle White

Austin Chronicle

All the action in Souvenir happens in such a dreamlike haze, that it's my personal pet theory that none of it is actually real and Liliane has been sitting in front of the TV the whole time

Rated: 3/5

Mar 14, 2018

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Sheila O'Malley

RogerEbert.com

The presence of Huppert makes Souvenir well worth a look.

Rated: 2.5/4

Mar 2, 2018

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

A tender, sweet film that leaves us with a goofy smile on our face.

Rated: 4/5

Apr 30, 2018

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Robert Denerstein

Denerstein Unleashed

Director Bavo Defurne does little to turn the movie into anything more than a pleasant diversion -- the kind of movie in which not much comes as a surprise but we hardly care.

Apr 19, 2018

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Todd Jorgenson

Cinemalogue

Huppert's charismatic portrayal hits many of the right notes, although the lightweight screenplay doesn't provide much substance for her to work with.

Mar 9, 2018

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Cyril Joyce A

uhmm, this is such a great masterpiece of Isabelle baby Huppert where i am too stunned to speak that she looks not too obvious at her age in filming this spectacular movie, the requisite in her life sustain by this young debonair man makes her alive again, analogue may-december movie like the Piano teacher a film of Isabelle Huppert in 2000 a love between 2 different generation , thru ups and down he still there for you

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/15/23

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Always a pleasure to watch the amazing Isabelle Huppert on screen. But the storyline never really rang true to me here. As I see it, the film is watchable but I wasn't able to buy in to the characters or the premise.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Delightful film. A sweet fairy tale with excellent performances from central characters. Old fashioned, yes, but a refreshing change from the multi-plex mediocrity on offer these days.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/08/23

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A singer who competed for Belgium in the Eurovision Song Contest the year Abba won is now working in a paté factory and lives in quiet obscure solitude when she meets a (much younger) boxer who recognized her. From this very Brit-rom-com premise, comes this intermittently amusing but ultimately slight film. The best thing here is the illuminating presence of Isabelle Huppert. Her Lilliane's transformation from a stoic existence to one that is filled with love and new opportunities at a later stage of her life is nuanced and enchanting. Equally impressive is the music by Pink Martini and it is a total challenge not to hum those earworm-like tunes as one leaves the cinema. However, broad plotting that lumbers from one scenario to another until a conventional and convenient resolution fails to generate natural drama for the film. An undemanding watch but not totally unlikeable, if nothing else, this answers the question: if we make a Britcom in French would it make it any better? Je dis Non.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

A former European song contest singer, fading away in a pâté factory, falls in love with a young, aspiring boxer. Together, they decide she should attempt a comeback.

Director: Bavo Defurne
Producer: Yves Verbraeken
Screenwriter: Jacques Boon, Bavo Defurne, Yves Verbraeken
Distributor: Strand Releasing
Genre: Romance, Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 2, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.1K
Runtime: 1h 30m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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